Under the March Sun : The Story of Spring Training
By: Fountain, Charles (Author).
Oxford University Press. Published: 00/10/2009. Audience Guide: General (US: Trade).
Hardback. Sourced from U.S.A.
"Charles Fountain has captured the importance of spring training in baseball with Under the March Sun. I commend him for bringing to life this most enjoyable time of year for every baseball fan."--Peter O'Malley, President, Los Angeles Dodgers, 1970-98
"Where has this book been? Why has no one written it before? The poetry has oozed out of Florida and Arizona every February and March forever, rhapsodies about rebirth and sunscreen and the virtues of watching major-league ballplayers up-close while wearing a good pair of Bermuda shorts, but no one has chronicled the nuts, bolts and civic intrigues associated with baseball's spring training. Not the way Chuck Fountain has. Terrific stuff."--Leigh Montville, author of Ted Williams: The Biography of an American Hero and The Big Bam: The Life and Times of Babe Ruth.
"Definitive, fascinating, a ground breaking cultural and sports history of spring training from humble origins to mega million status today. A winner!"--Harvey Frommer, author of Remembering Yankee Stadium, and Red Sox vs. Yankees: The Great Rivalry.
Item Details
ISBN10/13: 0195372034/9780195372038
TITLE: Under the March Sun
CONTRIBUTORS: Fountain, Charles (Author)
IMPRINT: Oxford University Press Inc, USA
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press
FORMAT: Hardback
PUBLICATION DATE: 00/10/2009
SUBJECT: History, Sports, American, Team Ball Games
DIMENSIONS (Width x Height): 156mm x 234mm (Spine: 25mm)
PAGES: 352
AUDIENCE GUIDE: General (US: Trade)
ILLUSTRATIONS: 30 black and white halftone illustrations
CONTENTS: PROLOGUE - UNDER THE MARCH SUN; ONE - MYTHS, MADCAPS AND MISBEHAVIOR: SPRING TRAINING IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY; TWO - ST. PETERSBURG'S MR. BASEBALL; THREE - SPRING TRAINING TAKES ROOT; FOUR - A SPORTSWRITER HELPS END SEPARATE BUT HARDLY EQUAL; FIVE - MR. O'MALLEY'S DODGERTOWN,; SIX - THE BOTTOM LINE CROWDS OUT THE BOX SCORE; SEVEN - RED SOX NATION FLIES SOUTH; EIGHT - "LET THE TOURISTS PUT IN THEIR TWO CENTS"; NINE - CHANGING THE DYNAMIC: LEE COUNTY AND THE TWINS; TEN - FIELDS OF BROKEN DREAMS; ELEVEN - BREATHING BRAVES AIR; TWELVE - THE CHIEF BIG HO AND CAR RENTALS: THE CACTUS LEAGUE COMES OF AGE; THIRTEEN - HOW THE DODGERS ALMOST LEFT VERO BEACH THE FIRST TIME; FOURTEEN - THE OASIS LEAGUE: LAS VEGAS UPS THE ANTE; FIFTEEN-- A TALE OF THREE CITIES; SIXTEEN - ST. PETE BIDS SPRING TRAINING ADIEU; SEVENTEEN - CAMELBACK RANCH; EIGHTEEN - BOTTOM OF THE 9TH IN VERO BEACH; EPILOGUE - "GO TEAM, GO!"; APPENDIX: MAJOR LEAGUE SPRING TRAINING SITES, 1901-PRESENT; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY; SOURCE NOTES; INDEX
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